Muthukkuda

Muthukkuda or "royal umbrellas" are highly decorative silk parasols used in South India on festive and formal occasions, the privilege of bearing which was formerly controlled by royal authority.[1] Their use is particularly marked in religious festivities in Kerala.[2]

References
  1. Placid J. Podipara, The Hierarchy of the Syro-Malabar Church (1976), p. 107.
  2. Theresa Varghese, Stark World Kerala (2006), p. 228.


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